Tony Perkins: DADT Repeal Would Open Doors To Disease-Ridden Homosexuals, Force Christians Out

[Emit]

Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins is worried that last week’s votes to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) could push God-fearing Christians and military chaplains out of the military and encourage disease-ridden “homosexuals” to transform the institution into a gay Mecca. Writing on CNN.com, Perkins argues that repealing DADT would usher in an unconstitutional “left-wing social dogma” (This source is CNN, btw):

Some people think allowing open homosexuality in the military means nothing more than opening a door that was previously closed. It means much more than that. It would mean simultaneously ushering out the back door anyone who disapproves of homosexual conduct, whether because of legitimate privacy and health concerns or because of moral or religious convictions….all 1.4 million members of the U.S. military will be subject to sensitivity training intended to indoctrinate them into the myths of the homosexual movement <...>

For no other offense than believing what all the great monotheistic religions have believed for all of history, some service members will be denied promotion, will be forced out of the service altogether, or will simply choose not to reenlist. Other citizens will choose not to join the military in the first place. The numbers lost will dwarf the numbers gained by opening the ranks to practicing homosexuals…..But overturning the American military’s centuries-old ban on homosexual conduct, codified in a 1993 law, would mean placing sexual libertinism – a destructive left-wing social dogma found nowhere in the Constitution – above religious liberty, our nation’s first freedom.

Following Thursday’s vote, the right wing — which had gone off the rails last week — has remained relatively subdued, undoubtedly re-grouping for the fight on the Senate floor.

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http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/01/perkins-reacts-dadt/

Tony Perkins is a disease unto himself.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. He is a plague.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Unreal.

I can honestly say that I have never been accosted by "those damned homosexuals".
But I can certainly say that I have been molested by Christianists trying to shove their agenda down my throat without my permission.
A little fucking perspective please!

[WCGreen]

12. Here Here....

[msongs]

3. disease ridden hetero soldier, sailors, and marines spread plenty of diseases already lol nt

[Emit]

6. Your comment reminded me of this article I caught prviously: "The Military's Problem Isn't Gays"

As we enter Memorial Day weekend, with its parades and programs honoring service to country, it's worth asking: What, precisely, do the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force still have to work out before deciding whether gays and lesbians can serve in their ranks? (...)

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(...) if the service chiefs are really serious about spending the next half a year deliberating whether homosexuals pose a threat to military reputations and readiness, their moral compasses are demagnetized. The armed services are facing a crisis of honor, courage, and commitment: a wartime record of graft, sexual assault, and dishonesty in the ranks, committed by (presumably) straight service members. A daily scan of Stars & Stripes or Military Times proves gays can't commit an offense that a dysfunctional military bureaucracy isn't already doing to itself. Here are but a few stories of note this week:

:redbox: On Monday, a DOD criminal investigator told a congressionally appointed panel that contracting-related crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan had increased (PDF) "by roughly 18 percent over the past year," and "a significant number of investigations have focused on members of the military who engaged in criminal activity—particularly, bribery and corruption associated with the administration of their contracting duties." Another investigator testified (PDF) to the panel that "both senior and junior officers and enlisted personnel in the US military—up to the rank of full colonel—have been convicted of reconstruction-related crimes...While many of the weaknesses that contributed to a criminally susceptible environment have been addressed over the past six years (for example, more contracting officers have been added to DoD's acquisition corps), others have not." One of those cases, in which an Army major took $9.6 million in bribes to steer Mideast contracts, resulted in the suicide of another bribed officer and a DOD investigation into 6,000 contracts worth almost $3 billion that originated at a single base, Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.

:redbox: Also this week, Lt. Commander Anthony Velasquez, a Navy doctor in Japan, admitted he'd sexually assaulted at least 23 female patients over several years. Stars & Stripes reports that he either made sexually explicit comments or inserted ungloved (and unwelcome) fingers into the women while examining them. One sailor who reported him left the service after her complaint went nowhere; later, a hospital administrator reported that the doctor had a serious problem and should "only be allowed to treat male patients." Instead, the Navy cleared him of wrongdoing and transferred him to a clinic at...guess where? Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, where he assaulted three more women. When he returns to the US, he'll have to register with civilian authorities as a sexual offender. In the meantime, he has to serve out his military prison sentence: "seven days of confinement at the Yokosuka Naval Base brig."

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/05/military-problem-isnt-gay-dadt-corruption-honor-memorial-day#comments

[closeupready]

8. As we all know, plenty of promiscuous hetero philaderers who ask to have sex without condoms.

So, I think since heteros outnumber gays, you have much more to worry about from a hetero man.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. oh I think women have known this for years.

it's only the homophobes who scream about the "danger", while completely ignoring the realities of sexual assault.

[Touchdown]

4. Good! Religious nutballs waiting for the rapture have no business with guns.

... much less tanks, fighter jets and howitzers. All gay soldiers should kiss them Christians goodbye... on the lips just in case they might change their minds!

[aquart]

7. That is actually an excellent point.

[Mind_your_head]

5. What an *ss......HOWEVER, if war only kills straight people and not the *gays*

then the *gays* win/have an advantage, right? :think:

[Withywindle]

9. Has this POS said word one about the rampant sexual attacks on women in the military?

You can't be an out-and-proud GLBT soldier in a consensual relationship, but being an out-and-proud rapist is fine and dandy.

I guess that kind of "sexual libertinism" is OK with him, because it's patriarchal.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. [phone]

these pricks only scream about fears they can relate to personally.

being that he's not a woman, nothing that happens to women worries his pretty head.

[FreeState]

13. I saw it on the front of CNN's website earlier

I can't believe they posted this shit. I sent them an email saying as much too.

[saracat]

14. Yeah, it really is too bad Baron Von Steuben fought for the US

and Alexander the Great and Richard the Lionhearted were real determents to the military of their time as well. Funny how none of the European armies lost enrollment when they recognized gay personnel. But maybe we are just so much more moral than they are?:sarcasm:

[Kievan Rus]

15. Teh stoopid! It burns!

[walldude]

16. This is some classic shit right here...

"For no other offense than believing what all the great monotheistic religions have believed for all of history".

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Where do you even start with a quote that stupid? How many insane beliefs can you find in the bible? This guy needs a new schtick. Basing your life on a book that was written when people thought the world was flat... bad idea. Really.

[bluestateguy]

17. I certainly do hope that men with homophobic attitudes will be encouraged to leave the military

I would view that as a good thing.

[rbixby]

18. So wait a minute, allowing gays in the military

Would force the homophobes out? How is that such a bad thing? I think homophobes and racists have no place in a reasonable society.

[treestar]

19. I guess the concept of gay Christians

Would scramble his brains into a mass of spaghetti.

[Iggo]

20. Hey, Perkins. Once again, real slow:

They.Are.Already.There.And.They.Always.Have.Been.

k? bye.